Jekyll & Hyde Resurrection Audio CD – Soundtrack, August 22, 2006

Jekyll and Hyde the Musical has been recorded umpteen times in the US and abroad. If you're a fan of the stage show, you know why. The music is simply riveting. The stage show is often referred to as a pop musical, but this new recording makes it easy to imagine the show as a bonafied rock opera. Whether you're a fan of the show or not, 'Jekyll & Hyde Resurrection' provides a listening experience any music lover can thoroughly enjoy. This version takes the piece to new and exciting places, where we get to hear some new and unbelievably talented musicians. Not only do the three leads sing the snot out of the score, but also we are treated to some amazing individuals who stand out playing the electric guitar, violin, cello and percussion. Kudos to the creative team for their vision and for their production values. Awesome!

As a huge fan of Jekyll & Hyde this was a wonderful find. It has most of the original music and has Robert Evan singing which is wonderful. Not sure I totally love the rock guitar in "Dangerous Game" but as a whole the CD is fantastic.

To start off with, this is a good album. BUT, it's certainly not the best rendition of Jekyll and Hyde by any means.I say it's iffy only because of some of the choices made. There are times when I think the musicality and story-telling takes a back seat to the new instrumentation. The electric guitar basically became a character in this version. Also, they have eliminated every character except Jekyll/Hyde, Lucy, and Emma (Lisa). So, there are NO chorus numbers, and some important songs are missing.That being said, Rob Evan does a fine job of singing these not easy songs. He struggles a little the more "rockin'" the songs get, and would sound better without the overworked (but nicely played) electric guitar.The women I have mixed feelings about. Kate Shindle I find tends to oversing on this recording and rely's far too much on blues slurs. They seem to become a crutch somewhat as the CD goes on. She also seems a bit pitchy at places - mostly because she is oversinging. I think she would have been so much better if she had taken a lighter hand on her high notes and worked a bit harder on holding notes straight without sluring her way onto the note. She has a pleasant voice, so I just felt it was sad that so many things intruded on my enjoyment of her songs.Now Brandi Burkhardt, on the other hand, I found utterly delightful. Her voice was pristine and lovely. I wished she had sung more songs. Such beautifully effortless high notes and she has such ease as she moves through the songs. I found hearing the two women sing together it simply pointed out the lack in one singer and the ability of the other, unfortunately.The biggest problem I had with this recording, honestly, was what many other people have mentioned. The addition of Emma singing in "Girls Of The Night". It didn't make sense, and simply begged the question of, 'why is she singing this?' I feel that was a poor choice, but the price you must pay, I guess, if you're going to eliminate all secondary characters...

I have loved "Jekyll and Hyde" by Frank Wildhorn since I first tripped across it in a CD stack back in the early 90's. It was the concept album with Colm Wilkinson. I fell madly in love with it. It was new and wonderful. It was a horror classic married to music, what could be more fun? And the concept album has some fabulous things going for it. Then there is the double disc Broadway production that fleshed the whole thing out. Of course there was the highlights from the 2 disc set. Now we have the concert version available. The performances are very good vocally. They seem to fit the singers very well, I didn't miss Linda Eder one bit!However, I must say that this will remain in my collection, for exactly that purpose, as a demonstration of what a different cast can do with a work. Granted, this is a concert version so the singers don't have all of the same demands placed on them as during a live staging of the production. Here they basically stand and sing. It's a bit easier for the singer. It's a good disc, don't get me wrong. I'm just not sure that it was necessary. Now if Frank Wildhorn would just get 'Dracula' out of it's coffin I'd be really happy! It's been too long a time for me waiting for Dracula's arrival on disc and then of course, on stage.

Great music. The CD is well produced and the show is an interesting show. The voices are wonderful and it makes for a truly enjoyable listening experience. I would recommend it if you like musical theatre.

I enjoy listening to this CD all the time.

This is a great soundtrack, it has less songs then the Broadway show, but its a good one to start out with. My favorite song is "Bring on the Men" I love it!

I listened to it once and went back to the broadway cast album. I was disappointed because I did see Rob Evans on Broadway in J&H (He was so good you wanted to hide under your seat!) but this CD is a little too heavy on the electric guitars. Overall, I gave it a chance but would have been better off saving the money.